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Don't Look Up · 2021 — 第 18 / 25 章 · 3'35" · C1

Kate Exposes the Comet Conspiracy, Explained：off the grid

The team learns the comet holds gold, and the powerful would rather let it hit than lose the profits. Kate tells a crowd the truth — "they're gonna let it hit the planet to make a bunch of rich people even more disgustingly rich" — and the state answers with charges, not debate: "White House wants her off the grid."

あらすじ

After learning the comet contains gold and rare metals, the team realizes the powerful plan to let it hit Earth for profit. At a protest, Kate tells the crowd the truth about the money and is arrested. In custody, she's offered a deal: drop the charges if she stops all public appearances and incendiary language.

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give a shitoff the gridlose the threadSurprise, surprise

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このシーンの表現

off the grid

cut off from contact

An agent explains the White House wants Kate cut off from all contact.

She quit her phone plan and went off the grid for a year.

このシーンの他の表現

  • give a shit

    care at all

  • lose the thread

    lose the point

  • Surprise, surprise

    ironic no surprise

  • take that down

    calm down a level

  • incendiary language

    speech that inflames

このシーンのメモ一覧

54 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ

表現 · C1extract something from something

take out of

I understand the wealth that they can extract from this comet, it can end world hunger.
スラング · B2bullshit

nonsense — Vulgar; keep it out of formal speech and writing.

So that's the pretty little bow they're putting around this line of bullshit.
表現 · B2be beyond someone's control

out of our hands

But you have to understand, this is now beyond our control.
表現 · B1turn out to be something

end up being

So who do you want in the actual room to make sure this whole thing doesn't turn out to be a complete goddamn disaster?
発音doesn't turn

The t in doesn't drops before turn.

So who do you want in the actual room to make sure this whole thing doesn't turn out to be a complete goddamn disaster?
表現 · C1jack up a price

push something higher

Kate exposes a plan to let the comet hit just to jack up a stock price.

They're talking about letting a comet the size of a mountain hit the planet to jack up a cell phone company's stock!
表現 · C1take something down a notch

calm down a level

As Kate escalates, someone tells her to dial it down several notches.

You better take that down about four or five notches now.
表現 · A2what's going on

what is happening

My friend was just theorizing as to what's going on.
表現 · B2share information with someone

give out details

I understand. I wish I could share information, but-- We're people just like you. We deserve to know!
文法 · B1what's going on

noun clause: The clause what's going on serves as the object of know.

Do you really wanna know what's going on?
発音wanna know

Wanna blurs into one word and know takes the stress.

Do you really wanna know what's going on?
スラング · B2rare shit

rare stuff — Crude slang; only among close friends.

They found a bunch of gold and diamonds and rare shit on the comet.
表現 · A2a bunch of something

a group of wealthy people

So they're gonna let it hit the planet to make a bunch of rich people even more disgustingly rich!
表現 · B1someone won't listen

refuse to listen

…everything I could, they won't listen.
文法 · B2a restaurant that only serves cubes and foam

relative clause: The that-clause pins down exactly what kind of restaurant is meant.

Shouldn't you two be playing footsie in a restaurant that only serves cubes and foam?
表現 · B2lose the thread

lose the point

Someone sides with Kate, then tells Randall he lost the thread badly.

Well, she ain't wrong. You did lose the thread in a big way.
発音ain't wrong

The t in ain't often drops straight into wrong.

Well, she ain't wrong. You did lose the thread in a big way.
スラング · A2ain't

is not — Nonstandard speech; avoid in writing.

Well, she ain't wrong. You did lose the thread in a big way.
表現 · B2what the hell

what on earth

Wait. What does that mean? What the hell does that mean?
表現 · B2be off the grid

cut off from contact

An agent explains the White House wants Kate cut off from all contact.

-What does "off the grid" mean? -[Mindy] Hey, Kate.
表現 · C1incendiary language

speech that inflames

The agreement bans public appearances and inflaming speech about the comet.

"The suspension of all public media appearances and incendiary language relating to Comet Dibiasky and BASH Cellular."
表現 · B2not give a shit

care at all

Kate signs the deal and says she no longer cares about any of it.

Fine. Give it to me. I don't give a shit anymore.

「Kate Exposes the Comet Conspiracy」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the moment Kate stops being a nuisance and becomes a threat. She has tried every official channel — "everything I could, they won't listen" — so she takes the facts straight to the public. The system's answer is revealing: not a rebuttal but a muzzle. The White House wants her "off the grid," a phrase that sounds bureaucratic and means disappeared from public view. Even her friends can't agree on tactics: one calls her reckless for "riling people up," another says she "ain't wrong" and that someone else "did lose the thread in a big way." The deal she finally signs — stop appearing in public, stop using "incendiary language" — is a gag order dressed as leniency. She takes it because she is exhausted, not because she agrees.

Theme

PowerThe powerful would let a comet hit Earth for profit, then use criminal charges and a gag order to silence the scientist who says so.
CorruptionA cell-phone company's stock price is treated as more important than the planet, and the state protects that bargain.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Off the grid here means being silenced, not camping.
  • The deal trades her voice for dropped charges.
  • Losing the thread is admitting you drifted off point.
  • Surprise, surprise is pure sarcasm, never real surprise.

発音のポイント

  • doesn't turn — The t in doesn't drops before turn.
  • wanna know — Wanna blurs into one word and know takes the stress.
  • ain't wrong — The t in ain't often drops straight into wrong.
So that's the pretty little bow they're putting around this line of bullshit.

A sarcastic summary: the polished, feel-good framing wrapped around what is really a self-serving lie.

So who do you want in the actual room to make sure this whole thing doesn't turn out to be a complete goddamn disaster?

An argument about access: the speaker asks who should be in the room where decisions get made, implying their side must not be shut out.

They're talking about letting a comet the size of a mountain hit the planet to jack up a cell phone company's stock!

The outrage in one line: a planet-killing rock is being weighed against a company's share price.

A man's always got choices, Randall!

A moral counterpunch: someone refuses to accept that a person has no choice, insisting there is always a right one to make.

Shouldn't you two be playing footsie in a restaurant that only serves cubes and foam?

A biting jab at two people's romance, mocking both the affair and the absurdly trendy place it happens in.

Well, she ain't wrong. You did lose the thread in a big way.

A blunt concession: someone admits the criticism is fair and that the friend has completely lost the plot.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Kate tell the crowd the truth?

She has tried the official channels and gotten nowhere — "everything I could, they won't listen." Telling the public directly is her last move, even though it costs her.

What does the White House mean by wanting her "off the grid"?

It's a bureaucratic way of saying they want her removed from public view and out of contact — silenced without ever using the word.

Is Kate being reckless or brave?

The film leaves it open. One character says she likes "riling people up," while another admits "she ain't wrong." Her outburst is both genuine alarm and self-destruction.

What deal is Kate offered?

Drop all criminal charges if she stops every public appearance and any "incendiary language" about the comet and the phone company — a gag order in exchange for her freedom.

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